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Sustainability
Packaging for the Planet
How can food companies come up with a blueprint to integrate sustainability into product and material choices, and drive systems-level change?
Kim Overstreet
Mar 4th, 2021
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Sustainability
Rice Race Intensifies: FEI Foods' Rice "First to Market" with Microwavable Mono-Material PP Pouch
Matt Reynolds
Mar 3rd, 2021
Traysealers offer food processors enhanced food safety and improved shelf life in an aesthetically appealing packaging display
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Precipak Announces Sealpac Representation in U.S.
Mar 2nd, 2021
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Placon Certified by SCS Global Services for 75% Recycled Content
Placon
Mar 2nd, 2021
While exterior layers of the multi-layer tray structure remain traditional PET for safety, durability, and thermoforming properties, the corn based renewable PBR barrier layer is sandwiched between the two external layers of either PET or recycled PET.
Sustainability
Pasta Brand Switches Oil- for Plant-based Film
Matt Reynolds
Mar 1st, 2021
Czech beer brewer Pivovar Clock became the first adopter of a new paperboard can handle system designed to help smaller brewers and beverage producers appeal to consumers’ sustainability sensibilities.
Sustainability
Czech Craft Brewer Adopts Paperboard Can Handle System
This version of Smurfit Kappa's TopClip paperboard can handle product range targets small to mid-sized brewers and craft beverage brands, making it just the right size for Czech beer brewer Pivovar Clock.
Matt Reynolds
Feb 27th, 2021
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PMMI Joins Recycling Leadership Council to Debut Blueprint for Fixing Recycling in the U.S.
As a part of the RLC and a large influence in packaging, PMMI pledged to work with the coalition on this effort.
Stephanie Neil
Feb 26th, 2021
Commercial launch for this new mono-material, all-PET pack will be in April 2021.
Sustainability
Unilever Japan's Lux Luminique Joins Mono-Material Movement
The company chose this PET mono-material, which comes from the GL Barrier range of films by Toppan Printing, after successfully collaborating with the converter on quality tests.
Matt Reynolds
Feb 25th, 2021
Blueland
Sustainability
New D2C Cleaning Products: Refillable, Non-Toxic, and Counterworthy
Blueland takes its first step toward transforming consumer shopping habits, with elegant, reusable bottles for cleaning products sold in a concentrated tablet format through e-commerce.
Anne Marie Mohan
Feb 24th, 2021
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Sustainability
Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation Update
Nearly a dozen proposals for packaging producer responsibility have been brought forth already this year. Learn how they differ and how they are alike in their strategies.
Feb 23rd, 2021
Haga
Sustainability
Another Brand Adopts Post-Consumer Recycled Packaging
Founded in 1953, green-minded home improvement and construction brand HAGA specializes in natural and organic building materials, such as lime or clay plaster.
Matt Reynolds
Feb 22nd, 2021
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Missed part or all of PACK EXPO Connects? Browse dozens of demos by category or search by keyword. Find solutions to your packaging and processing challenges now through March 31.
Feb 17th, 2021
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Supplier News
Novolex Adding Recycling Instructions Labeling to Plastic Products
In addition to expanding its capacity to recycle store drop-off items, Novolex is adding How2Recycle instructions to a variety of plastic bags.
Novolex
Feb 18th, 2021
Coca-Cola will test this paper bottle in Hungary this summer.
Sustainability
Coke To Test Paper Bottle
The Coca-Cola Company’s first-ever paper bottle prototype is transitioning from the lab to the marketplace this summer through a limited online trial in Hungary.
Pat Reynolds
Feb 17th, 2021
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Supplier News
Serac to Present Low Environmental Impact Packaging Solutions in Virtual Showroom
From February 25th until March 19th, Serac invites all customers and end-users to a showroom entirely designed in 3D for a 360° immersive experience.
Serac Inc
Feb 17th, 2021
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Sustainability
Exploring monolayer films for frozen, microwavable foods
Brian Stepowany of B & G Foods (Green Giant Brand) joins Packaging World's Matt Reynolds to discuss R & D considerations and how progress has been affected by Covid crisis. Six-minute video report.
B & G Foods Inc.
Feb 12th, 2021
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Sustainability
Coca-Cola Transitions Brands to 100% rPET, Unveils New ‘Sip-Size’ Bottle
Among the innovations rolling out through July 2021 are new 100% rPET bottles, a new 13.2-oz bottle size, enhanced on-pack recycling messaging, and a new aluminum bottle for water.
Anne Marie Mohan
Feb 10th, 2021
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Supplier News
Walmart Selects IFCO as Exclusive Provider of Reusable Plastic Containers
IFCO Systems (IFCO) and Walmart announced a multi-year business agreement that will expand the retailer’s use of IFCO RPCs and make IFCO Walmart’s exclusive RPC packaging provider for select fresh fruits and vegetables distributed in the U.S.
IFCO U.S.
Feb 10th, 2021
This e-comm play for specialty and value-added proteins like wild-caught fish, free-range poultry, and grass-fed beef uses a striking printed corrugated shipper that’s fully recyclable.
Sustainability
D2C Proteins' Thermal Insulation Sits at the Intersection of E-Comm and Sustainability
This e-comm startup hit the big time only a couple of months ago. A big step in getting there was bolstering its package sustainability profile to better align with its brand positioning.
Matt Reynolds
Feb 8th, 2021
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Sustainability
RLC Releases Report on Fixing Recycling in the U.S.
The Recycling Leadership Council (RLC), a broad coalition of stakeholders brought together to identify the federal government’s role in fixing the U.S. recycling system, released the Blueprint for America’s Recycling System.
Consumer Brands Association
Feb 5th, 2021
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Supplier News
Krones Joins the EU’s Circular Economy Initiative
The Krones Group joined the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.
Krones, Inc.
Feb 4th, 2021
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Sustainability
Bumble Bee's Culture of Sustainability
Jan Tharp, Bumble Bee Seafood CEO, sat down with OEM editor, Stephanie Neil, during PACK EXPO Connects last Fall for an in-depth interview. Here is a one-minute video clip on how to build a culture of sustainability.
Bumble Bee Foods
Feb 3rd, 2021
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Sustainability
Annie's Organics and Post-Consumer Recycled Content
Pat Keenan, organic snack producer, talks with Matt Reynolds about his brand, Annie's, and the journey to achieve sustainable cereal bag liner using post-consumer recycled content.
General Mills Inc.
Feb 2nd, 2021
Ethical Bean coffee will be coming soon to the Loop platform in Canada.
Sustainability
Loop Reusable/Returnable Packaging Platform Launches in Canada with Retail Partner Loblaw
Loop’s global expansion continues, bringing waste-free shopping for a range of food and household products, including Loblaw own-brand items, in reusable packaging to Canada
Anne Marie Mohan
Feb 1st, 2021
Dove
Sustainability
Dove’s Sleek New Refillable Deodorant Pack
The global health and beauty brand launches new deodorant packaging that is circular by design, with a reusable stainless-steel case that can be refilled with deodorant sticks.
Anne Marie Mohan
Jan 28th, 2021
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Sustainability
Plasma Gasification Promises Holistic Solution to Waste Management Circular Economy in Seven-Minute Video Report
The U.S. recycling infrastructure is failing, and public participation is ebbing. University of Florida is developing a litter and waste management solution to transform recycled trash into syngas.
Jan 27th, 2021
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Sustainability
Import Tariffs Apply to One Thing or Another
Questions recently arose about whether a specific shape of pasta was actually a drinking straw.
Eric Greenberg
Jan 27th, 2021
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